Nineteen new students are joining the Department of Biological Chemistry in 2023–24.

Medical students who reported a disability to their school increased by more than 25% during the COVID-19 pandemic, a study shows.

Experts take charge in addressing food insecurity among pregnant mothers in Michigan.

The perspective "Insights and Strategies for Improving Equity in Graduate School Admissions" by U-M Biological Chemistry PhD student Anibal Tornes Blanco and team members at Científico Latino has been published in Cell.

Needs related to housing, transportation, food, social support and more can be identified through AI/ML techniques

The Pap test, developed over a century ago, has been the standard of care for detecting cervical cancer. But it is collected through an invasive and uncomfortable vaginal exam. Michigan Medicine researchers have evaluated several at-home tests to detect HPV, a virus that causes cervical cancer. The at-home tests are more accurate than a Pap test and could make screenings more accessible for many people.

Researchers in the laboratory of Ruma Banerjee have published two new papers in quick succession.

Brittany Bowman, Ph.D., and Stefanie Galban, Ph.D., have received awards from the Endowment for Basic Science.

There are 13 U-M graduate medical education programs ranked in the top 10 by Doximity.

Ruma Banerjee, PhD, will lead the basic biomedical research cluster of M-PACT, a new program to increase faculty diversity.

Alex Missman has been awarded a position in the Chemistry Biology Interface Training Program.

Giselle Flores, a PhD student, was awarded a position in the Genetics Training Program.

Smith lab publishes research article in Structure

Evan Arnold has received a UMMS Master's Program Graduate Student Award.

A promising target for new and improved antibiotics are riboswitches, small stretches of RNA that regulate a process necessary for the production of proteins by the bacterial cell.